Whitney Navy Revolver---recent Civil War purchase in the U.S.

[drm3m]

Second Model Whitney Navy Revolver, 4th Type.
(The serial number range for the 4th Type is 11000-28000)



The action is very crisp.



Barrel address.



Barrel serial number.



Serial number on the cylinder.



Whitneyville marking on the cylinder.



I bought this packet of .36 caliber cartridges many years ago---never thinking that I would own a Whitney Navy Revolver one day.

 

[Rally_Driver]

Very nice!

 

[Willy Tincup]

Nice clean gun, congratulations.

 

[drm3m]

Thanks for the positive comments.

An interesting reference in the Whitney Navy Revolver book.

#3110 used by General JEB Stuart, a Virginian who commanded the First Virginia Cavalry early in the war, and later commanded the Confederate Cavalry Corp of the Army of Northern Virginia.

 

[Brutus]

The early Whitneys with Eagle Co. logo on the barrel have a history of early parts breakage.

Great catch drm3m! Not many Whitneys make thier way into Canada.

 

[okcorral1881]

Congrats on that find, didn't take long!
Good thing you passed on the first one.... (without the address)
OK

 

[Brutus]

Congrats on that find, didn't take long!
Good thing you passed on the first one.... (without the address)
OK

With such a high serial number he's in safe territory.

 

[drm3m]

The Whitney came from Ancestry Guns in Missouri.

 

[shortandlong]

We still need a green with envy smiley pretty neat

 

[powderman]

My moustache stood straight out when I saw your Whitney revolver. Hard to find in that condition.

Regards,
Powderman

 

[drm3m]

I already had a E. Whitney manufactured Model 1841 Rifle (Mississippi rifle) as well as two martially marked Model 1851 Colt Navies----so I decided it was time for a Whitney Navy.
Ideally I would have preferred not having to purchase it in U.S. dollars---but that is where the Whitney was.

 

[9.3mauser]

There's a Whitney Navy coming up for auction in a couple of week, lot Y-4

https://www.theauctionadvertiser.com/cgi-bin/nslsearcx.pl?s1=202367620

 

[drm3m]

I asked the auctioneer what the serial number was on the Whitney---he said the first three numbers were 308-- out of five numbers.
That makes this Whitney a Second Model, 5th Type.

Before I bought the Whitney shown above I asked for good photos of all the serial numbers including on the underside of the grips.



Location of serial numbers.